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Originally Posted by repent
hey can someone in the business tell me how much this actually hurts the trainer.
does Asmussen lose that much money(or clients) b/c his horses are running in the name of Blasi?
and does it really matter from a handicapping perspective.
as I wagerer, i really dont care if it lists Asmussen, Blasi or whoever as the trainer.
i know its an Asmussen horse so thats all that matters.
actually got into an argument with some dude at SAM last weekend b/c he was trying to tell me Blasi was not as good or experienced as Asmussen.
lol, I about fell out of my chair.
am I off the mark here?
thanks
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It costs the trainer a ton of cash when they get a 6 month suspension. They don't get any of the purse money. I always figured that the assistat trainer would secretly give them the money, but they can't do that. If they got caught, they could lose their license. You don't want to mess with a racing board when it comes to these types of things because I have been told that they can check bank records and that type of thing. I don't think the trainer is supposed to have any contact with the barn. The racing board can check phone records and that type of thing.
With regard to your question about whether the suspension will effect the performance of a barn, it can have a big effect. I think it depends alot on how hands on the head trainer is in the first place. If he is very hands on, then it can have a big effect. Sometimes the assitant is as good as the head trainer, but often times he is not.
I think that Asmussen's absence has made a big difference in terms of the performmance of first-time starters. Blasi is only winning at a 9% clip with first-timers. I think Asmussen was at around 20%.